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GT’s bowling & batting 10/10 but inexperienced middle-order puts huge question mark on IPL 2025 title hopes

GT’s bowling & batting 10/10 but inexperienced middle-order puts huge question mark on IPL 2025 title hopes

Gujarat Titans (GT) stand exposed with a weak middle-order ahead of IPL 2025 while boasting of a formidable top-order and bowling attack

Gujarat Titans (GT) had a pretty good outing at IPL 2025 auction as they managed to build a power-packed squad. Yet, the team is still short of a key ingredient and that is an experienced middle-order. While the team retained just uncapped Shahrukh Khan as a part of the middle-order before IPL 2025, none of their picks in the mega auction have enough experience of batting in the middle-order or have a reputation of being destructive in nature. This could prove to be harmful for GT.

GT’s middle-order woes can haunt them in IPL 2025

Apart from part-time finishers like Rashid Khan and Glenn Philips, GT hardly has any reputed stars that they can bank on in the middle-order. Lack of international talents who can bat down the order is a major point of concern for the one-time champions.

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Titans boast of a strong top-order that features stars like captain Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan and Mahipal Lomror. GT also picked up uncapped stars Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar to strengthen their squad. Their bowling line-up is packed with talents including Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, Washington Sundar and Ishant Sharma among other bowlers.

However, none of the abovementioned stars can fulfill the role of a proper middle-order batter. If anything at all, the side will be overdependent on the likes of Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan.

In IPL 2024, GT had a strong middle-order boasting of the likes of the explosive David Miller, all-rounder Vijay Shankar, breakout star Azmatullah Omerzai among others. With the franchise deciding against buying back any of these stars, they now stand exposed with a weak middle-order. Only time will tell if GT’s bet on young stars will reap rewards for the side in the middle-order in IPL 2025.

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